Hello guys! I find it very difficult to name my poems, most of the poems I have written are without title. Is that a natural thing? How can I choose titles for my poems?
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Hello guys! I find it very difficult to name my poems, most of the poems I have written are without title. Is that a natural thing? How can I choose titles for my poems?
As opposed to what my former poetry professor in university instructed, poetry requires no title. Who I regard as one of the greatest poets of all time, Emily Dickinson, had no titles for even one of her poems, including the very few that she published in her lifetime.
I, too, have struggled with titles to my poems. When necessary, I choose something as simple as possible, for the intention of placing a title seems the ideal reference for a reader to label it and possibly gain interest. The word(s) of the title need not literal presence in the poem, but rather some subject or devotion.
Good luck!
Sometimes you can also use the first line or words as a title.